Portable hat and coat hook.



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11,265,569 Patented May 7,1918.

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PORTABLE HAT AND COAT HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented May '7," 11918.

Application filed September 30, 1916, Serial No. 123,048. Renewed March 14, 1918. Serial No. 222,511.

To all whom it may concern.

1 Be it known that 1, JAMES \V. \Vnims, a ,subject of the King of Great Britain, resid 'ing at lValker *ille, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Hat and Coat llooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a-ppert-ains to make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a novel type' of hat and coat hanger that can be folded into a compact structure and carried in the pocket, when not in use, and one oi such construction that it can be conveniently and expeditiously unfolded and secured to any style of support.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, that will be of. simple and durable construction and can be cheaply manufactured.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the Following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in

which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device with the hat supporting arm in operative position,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3- -3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the-device and showing the hat supporting arm in folded or inoperative position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates the coat hanger which is formed of a single length of wire bent upon itself, intermediate its ends, and formed to provide a hook portion 2, the strands of the wire being continued from the hook portion 2, shown at 3, to provide a shank and having their upper ends secured in sleeves 4 formed on a plate 5, the said plate having an opening 6 therein. for a purpose to be hereinafter specified.

Slidably mounted on the shank of the coat hanger is a slide '7. This slide comprises a plate which extends across the space between the strands 3 and has its opposite side edges provided with sleeves 8 which loosely receive the uppermost strand 11 has its t'rec terminal;

provided with a trunnion 13 which has its opposite ends rotatably received by sleeves 14 formed on the upper edge of the slide or plate 7. The other strand 12, extends downwardly at an acute angle, from the strand 11 and is terminally received and secured within a sleeve 15 carried by the lowerend of web 16', which extends across the space between the strands 11 and 12, ot' the hat hanger, and has the upper end provided with a pair of alined sleeves 16 which receive the upper strand 11. A prong 17 is associated with the web lfiand has one end removably received by the sleeve 15.

Then the parts are in operative position, the arm 9 is positioned at the upper end of the coat hanger 1, as shown in l ig. 1 of the drawing, and the prong 1'? projected through the space between the strands 3 of theshank of the coat hanger 1, and inserted in any suitable support, 'as shown. \Vhen itis'desired to fold the members 1 and 9, so that the same can be carried in the pocket, the member 9 is swung upwardly, on the trunnion 13, so as to withdraw the prong 17 from engagement with the support, the said arm 9 being then placed in parallel position with the member 1 and slid downwardly until the hook member 10 alines with the opening 6 in the plate 5, the said hook 10 being inserted into the opening, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The prong 17 can be flexed and engaged behind the hook 2 of the coat hanger, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to conceal the pointed end of the prong so that the seam can be protected. The arm 9 also serves as a lever for forcing the. pointed end of the prong 17 into the support.

As shown in Fig. 4, the hook 2 can be connected to a key ring 18 so that, the device. can be conveniently carried and prevented from becoming lost when not in operation Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,'is:

Adevice of tht class described comprising a hook member, an arm associated with the hook member and adapted for vertical sliding movement and vertical swinging movement thereon, and an attaching prong carried by the arm.

2. A device of the class described comprising a hook member having a shank formed of spaced parallel sections, a plate slidably mounted on the sections, an arm pivotally connected to the plate and adapted when in operative position to extend at right angles to the shank of the hook, and a prong carried by the arm and adapted to extend through the sections forming the shank when the arm is in operative position.

3. The combination with the shank of a hook, of a plate located at the upper end of the shank and provided with an opening, an arm slidably and pivotally associated With the shank and adapted when in operative position to lie at right angles to the shank and when in inoperative position to lie 1n arm 1s in inoperative position. 1 a

' 4. A devlce of the class descrlbed comprising a hook, an arm pivotally mounted on the hook and formed of a single length of Wire bent upon itself to provide upper and lower spaced sections, a web extending across the space between the sections, and an attaching member removably carried by the Web.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES WV. l/VILLIS.

.Witnesses: v

DANIEL V. SGULLEN, WILLIAM D. TAYLOR. 

